I feel kinda bad laughing at other people's injuries, but this made me crack a smile.

Reminds me of the time as a kid I swerved out of the way on my bicycle to avoid hitting a little old lady... right into a parked trailer.

In that moment where everything freezes and you seem to have endless amounts of time to make one of two decisions, both of which are pretty damned unpleasant, I could choose, a little pain, and probably seriously injuring some little old lady... or LOTS of pain and only injuring myself.

Trailer or little old lady. Take your time. The world is frozen. Normal life will resume when you have made your decision.

I chose trailer. Had a microsecond to realize yeah, this was REALLY going to hurt... that funny feeling in your nose just before you hit something really hard... impact... world spinning and then blackness.

Sort of related to what Beltayn said, except more on a serious note, about the seconds when you realize things are going wrong.

I was driving in some really horrible weather several years ago and I saw this trucker pulling out into the highway just ahead of me. I was like "Okay, I don't want to stop because it's too slippery and I'm not sure HE can stop because it's too slippery" so I started to merge into the passing lane.

Oof, that was a mistake. I spun out and for a few, breif seconds I knew KNEW I was going to hit the truck but there was nothing I could do about it. Just those seconds when I close my eyes and go "oh shit."

I tend to hit things full speed and not get hurt, but I'm damage-resistant somehow.

By damage-resistant, I mean we've found that if you get your car going fast enough, you can damage it by hitting me. Deflection: Hood, windshield (with back, not arm), and the side mirror right actually hurt. Then I walk away.

Have fun with your injuries, they'll heal eventually and you'll be good.